Showing posts with label Olympic pins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympic pins. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Hint: How to fine tune your collection
Hello Collectors!
I am going to give you other tips on how to hone your collections. The most important thing is to decide which things you love and which one you just like. As I have said before, if you love it, you will enjoy it!
I used to collect coca-cola items but as you well know there is a plethora of cola collectibles. Since I needed to start somewhere, I cut back collecting coke. That does not mean I stopped. Today I only collect coca-cola when it is in conjunction with some of my other strong interests like Disney or Olympics. This has cut my collection by more than half but I am still content as it still leaves me plenty to collect and I can narrow my focus. Not only am I not chasing as many items, and not being overrun with coke items, but I got rid of some of the items I no longer collect making room and money for those t I really love.
Another way I narrowed my focus with collecting Olympic pins was deciding that I only needed one pin from each and every n\National Olympic Committee that has ever participated in any Olympic game, instead of collecting every NOC pin I find. It does not matter if it is a generic committee pin, or one from a particular year. You would think this would not give me much to collect but here is the thing, countries cone and some go. For instance the USSR no longer exists. Now there are new countries ones to seek out like Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Estonia. Lithuania, and Latvia. Countries have changed names like Persia is now Iran. Some countries had not participated or were banned for many years such as South Africa due to apartheid. Other countries did not participate because of political or economic reasons. Such was the case with Vanuatu. They were not able to afford sending a participant until the 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta). Even now they can only afford to send one delegate.
So you see, a collection is what you make of it. I still have plenty of chasing to do for some of the older nations that are no longer with us, and as the world changes, the new ones emerge.
I hope this gives you some ideas on how to consolidate or refine your collection(s) so you can enjoy it and you don't have to end up going in to the antique business to sell your overruns. If you need suggestions specifically to your collection or have any ideas to help others, please let us know.
Until next time, happy hunting!
I am going to give you other tips on how to hone your collections. The most important thing is to decide which things you love and which one you just like. As I have said before, if you love it, you will enjoy it!
I used to collect coca-cola items but as you well know there is a plethora of cola collectibles. Since I needed to start somewhere, I cut back collecting coke. That does not mean I stopped. Today I only collect coca-cola when it is in conjunction with some of my other strong interests like Disney or Olympics. This has cut my collection by more than half but I am still content as it still leaves me plenty to collect and I can narrow my focus. Not only am I not chasing as many items, and not being overrun with coke items, but I got rid of some of the items I no longer collect making room and money for those t I really love.
Another way I narrowed my focus with collecting Olympic pins was deciding that I only needed one pin from each and every n\National Olympic Committee that has ever participated in any Olympic game, instead of collecting every NOC pin I find. It does not matter if it is a generic committee pin, or one from a particular year. You would think this would not give me much to collect but here is the thing, countries cone and some go. For instance the USSR no longer exists. Now there are new countries ones to seek out like Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Estonia. Lithuania, and Latvia. Countries have changed names like Persia is now Iran. Some countries had not participated or were banned for many years such as South Africa due to apartheid. Other countries did not participate because of political or economic reasons. Such was the case with Vanuatu. They were not able to afford sending a participant until the 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta). Even now they can only afford to send one delegate.
So you see, a collection is what you make of it. I still have plenty of chasing to do for some of the older nations that are no longer with us, and as the world changes, the new ones emerge.
I hope this gives you some ideas on how to consolidate or refine your collection(s) so you can enjoy it and you don't have to end up going in to the antique business to sell your overruns. If you need suggestions specifically to your collection or have any ideas to help others, please let us know.
Until next time, happy hunting!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tame the collecting beast
Hi fellow collectors,
We are going to talk about how easily a collection can get out of hand and some ideas on how to tame the beast.
When I first started collecting Olympic pins, I had only a manageable handful. I then went to an Olympic game and my collection exploded. The same thing happened with Disney, Coca-Cola, and others.
I decided that I needed to be more focused on what I collected while still collecting all the themes I loved. In order to tame the beast, I had to make some tough decisions, but in the end, i think it was the right decision. There is no way I could keep up with every pin that was put out by Disney, much less the Olympic committees, sponsors, teams, etc..
I decided to make some of my decisions based on what I could live with and made some sub-themes that I could specialize on instead of going all over the place. For instance, on Disney i decided to concentrate on Lady and the Tramp as well as Lilo and Stitch, those being my favorite movies. That does not mean that I won't get some of my other favorites, but I specialize on those two movies. So, if it really cute, unusual, or extremely limited edition of some of my lesser characters Chip & Dale, Jessica Rabbit, or Ariel) I might get them but when I only have enough cash for one, my primary collections wins out.
I will have some other suggestions and examples on how to cut back next time.
Until next time, happy hunting!
We are going to talk about how easily a collection can get out of hand and some ideas on how to tame the beast.
When I first started collecting Olympic pins, I had only a manageable handful. I then went to an Olympic game and my collection exploded. The same thing happened with Disney, Coca-Cola, and others.
I decided that I needed to be more focused on what I collected while still collecting all the themes I loved. In order to tame the beast, I had to make some tough decisions, but in the end, i think it was the right decision. There is no way I could keep up with every pin that was put out by Disney, much less the Olympic committees, sponsors, teams, etc..
I decided to make some of my decisions based on what I could live with and made some sub-themes that I could specialize on instead of going all over the place. For instance, on Disney i decided to concentrate on Lady and the Tramp as well as Lilo and Stitch, those being my favorite movies. That does not mean that I won't get some of my other favorites, but I specialize on those two movies. So, if it really cute, unusual, or extremely limited edition of some of my lesser characters Chip & Dale, Jessica Rabbit, or Ariel) I might get them but when I only have enough cash for one, my primary collections wins out.
I will have some other suggestions and examples on how to cut back next time.
Until next time, happy hunting!
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